873 Nathan Kitchen – Boughs of Love

Nathan Kitchen served as president of Affirmation: LGBTQ Mormons, Families & Friends from 2019 through 2022. Before his term as president, he sat on Affirmation’s board of directors and co-founded Fathers in Affirmation, a peer support group for queer fathers. He is currently the chair of the board of directors for Flourish Therapy, a leading nonprofit that provides culturally competent and affordable care for LGBTQIA+ individuals, families, and friends. Nathan served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Alabama, graduated from BYU–Provo, earned his Doctor of Dental Medicine from Southern Illinois University, and completed a general practice residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. He is currently in private practice in Mesa, Arizona. He has been a speaker at BYU–Provo, Utah Valley University, and Eastern Illinois University about the queer/Latter-day Saint intersection and how to better support the queer Latter-day Saint experience. He is also a certified QPR suicide prevention trainer. Nathan is the proud father of five children and grandfather of four grandchildren. He lives in Gilbert, Arizona with his husband, Matthew Rivera. In his free time, Nathan likes to travel with his husband, read a wide variety of books, and, of course, hold his grandbabies! Purchase The Boughs of Love The post 873 Nathan Kitchen – Boughs of Love appeared first on The Cultural Hall Podcast.